Whiffletree-clip.



No. 856,668. PATENTED JUNE 11, 1907.

D. H. YOUNG.

WHIFFLETREE CLIP.

APPLIOATION TILED JAN. 23, 1907.

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I W I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL H. YOUNG, OF MANCHESTER, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO SAMUEL ROSS YOUNG, OF MANCHESTER, IOWA.

WHIFFLETREE-CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed January 23,1907. Serial No. 353,710.

To It whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manchester, in the county of Delaware and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful WhifHetree-Clip, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to whitiletree clips for attachment with trace ends and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a clip which may be easily and readily operated for securely connecting the trace ends to a whiflietree and which may be as easily and readily operated for disconnecting the said parts.

The clip consists primarily of a body portion which is adapted to be attached to the end of the whiffletree in such manner that it may swing with relation to the longitudinal axis thereof. The said body portion is pro vided at an intermediate point with a laterally disposed stud and at its forward end with an inverted U-shaped portion. The body portion is curved inwardly along its longitudinal axis in order that it may receive the return bend of the trace formed at the connection between the trace and the eye usually attached thereto. Also the said stud is so located with relation to the intermediate portion of the inverted U-shaped end of the body that the said intermediate portion of the said end will bear in close contact against the upper edge of the trace when the eye thereof is in engagement with the stud of the clip and thus firmly and positively retain the trace in engagement with the clip.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the clip. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end view thereof.

The clip 1 is attached. to the end of the tree 2 in any suitable manner so that the said clip may have a swinging movement with relation to the longitudinal axis of the said tree. The body of the said clip 1 is provided at an intermediate point with an outwardly and downwardly disposed stud 3. The forward end of the said clip is provided with the inverted U-shaped portion 4. The said stud 3 is adapted to pass through an eye 5 of the trace 6 and the U-shaped portion 3 receives the said trace and the intermediate portion of the said U-shaped portion 4 bears in close contact upon the upper edge of the trace 6 when a pull is exerted upon the latter. This is due to the fact that the stud 3 is located slightly above the central longitudinal axis of the clip 1 and as the said clip has contact with the tree 2 at its central longitudinal axis a slight angle is formed between the clip 1 and the trace 6 which performs the function of holding the intermediate portion of the end 4 in close contact with the trace and retains the parts in proper connection.-

The clip 1 is bowed inwardly along its longitudinal axis for the purpose of receiving the return bend of the trace 6 at the point where it connects with the eye 5. Consequently, all parts of the clip and the rear end of the trace are located within the extremities of the tree 2 and do not project laterally be yond said extremities for interference with fixed objects.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is 1*- 1. A clip for securing a trace-end to a tree comprising a body portion having an end for attachment to the tree and at its opposite end an inverted U-shaped portion and at an intermediate point a laterally disposed stud located to one side of the central longitudinal axis of said body.

2. A clip for attaching a trace to a tree comprising a body having an end for engaging the tree and at its opposite end an inverted U-shaped portion and at an interrncdiatc point a laterally disposed stud, said clip being bowed laterally between its ends.

3. A clip for attaching a trace to a tree comprising a body having an end for engaging the tree and at its opposite end an inverted U-shaped portion and at an intermediate point a laterally disposed stud, said body being bowed laterally between its ends said stud being located to one side of the central longitudinal axis of said body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL II. YOUNG.

WVitnesses:

IV. B. COLTMAN, A. J. BROWN. 

